{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/schedule-11/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/schedule-11/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1078",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986",
  "path": "schedule/11/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the case of a vehicle to which this Part applies and which is not of a description specified in an item in column 2 of Table I below, the maximum permitted laden weight shall, for the purposes of regulation 75, be the weight specified in column 4 of Table II below in the item which is appropriate having regard to columns 2 and 3 of that Table.\nTABLE I\nMAXIMUM PERMITTED LADEN WEIGHTS OF CERTAIN TWO AND THREE AXLE VEHICLES\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nItem\nDescription of Vehicle\nMaximum permitted laden weight (kg)\n1\nA two axle trailer in which—\n(a)the two axles are closely spaced, and\n(b)the distance between the foremost axle of the trailer and the rearmost axle of the drawing vehicle is at least 4.2m\n18,000\n2\nA three axle trailer in which—\n(a)the three axles are closely spaced, and\n(b)the distance between the foremost axle of the trailer and the rearmost axle of the drawing vehicle is at least 4.2m\n24,000\n3\nA two axle motor vehicle which is a goods vehicle in which the distance between the foremost and rearmost axles is at least 3.0m\n17,000\n4\nA two axle trailer in which the distance between the foremost axle and the rearmost axle is at least 3.0m\n18,000\nTABLE II\nMAXIMUM PERMITTED LADEN WEIGHTS OF VEHICLES NOT FALLING WITHIN TABLE I\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\nItem\nNo. of axles\nDistance between foremost and rearmost axles (metres)\nMaximum permitted laden weight (kg)\n1\n2\nLess than 2.65\n14,230\n2\n2\nAt least 2.65\n16,260\n3\n3 or more\nLess than 3.0\n16,260\n4\n3 or more\nAt least 3.0 but less than 3.2\n18,290\n5\n3 or more\nAt least 3.2 but less than 3.9\n20,330\n6\n3 or more\nAt least 3.9 but less than 4.9\n22,360\n7\n3\nAt least 4.9\n25,000\n8\n4 or more\nAt least 4.9 but less than 5.6\n25,000\n9\n4 or more\nAt least 5.6 but less than 5.9\n26,420\n10\n4 or more\nAt least 5.9 but less than 6.3\n28,450\n11\n4 or more\nAt least 6.3\n30,000",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 11 Pt. 1 substituted (1.1.1993) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2016), regs. 1, 10(a), Sch. 2 Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/schedule/11/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:46:09.046037+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}